A two-phase approach for the identification of refugees with priority need for mental health care in Lebanon: A validation study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Llosa, Augusto E ^a   Van Ommeren, Mark ^b   Kolappa, Kavitha ^c   Ghantous, Zeina ^d   Souza, Renato ^d   Bastin, Pierre ^d   Slavuckij, Andrej ^d   Grais, Rebecca F ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Humanitarian; Mental health; Psychiatric; Psychometrics; Refugees; Screening; Sensitivity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE II; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PALESTINIAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SCREENING; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIGNETTE OF LOCAL TERM AND CONCEPT; WHO UNHCR ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE OF SERIOUS SYMPTOM; ARAB; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARABS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFUGEES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009851985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-1154-5     Document Type: Article

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